Givee is a store solution that helps distributors win more business with less friction. It takes the complexity out of building and managing client stores so you can focus on selling, not admin. With Givee, distributors can offer a modern, digital-first experience that clients actually want and will drive repeat orders and stickier relationships.
Key Takeaways - Stores are no longer a “nice-to-have.” They’re becoming the standard way clients expect to buy and gift. Givee makes them easy to pitch, launch, and scale. - Distributors using Givee save time on order management and gain more repeatable revenue opportunities with their accounts. - By bringing a modern solution to the table, you’re positioned as the partner who’s ahead of the curve in the promo industry.
About the Presenter: Aaron Gadowski is the Director of Product for Givee, a fast-growing store solution for gifting and ecommerce under PCNA. He has led Givee from concept to scale, growing it from just a handful of stores to hundreds live and transacting. His work focuses on making gifting easy and fun while driving measurable revenue impact for distributors and end-customers.
Before Givee, Aaron led product at Global-e (formerly Flow), where he scaled their international checkout solution and partnered directly with Shopify to launch Shopify Markets, enabling tens of thousands of merchants to sell globally.
Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Aaron spends his time outside of work skiing whenever he can, and taking his corgi, Fred, on adventures.
October 21, 2025 Embassy Suites by Hilton Fort Meyers - Estero 10450 Corkscrew Commons DrEstero, FL 33928
It's official we're having a show on the West Coast!
Join us for the exciting 2025 GCPPA Fall Expo, this year we're sticking to the tradition table top format to maximize the amount of attendees.
Standard Space = 1 6ft Table or 6ft blank space SPACE IS LIMITED
Don't miss out on this premier event, designed to foster connections and drive business success in the promotional products industry. Register now to secure your spot and take advantage of these new opportunities!
SCHEDULE*:
October 20, 2025
TBD - Exhibitor Set up
October 21, 2025
7:00am - 10:00am - Exhibitor Set up 10:00am-2:00pm - Show open to distributors and clients
7:00am - 10:00am - Exhibitor Set up
10:00am-2:00pm - Show open to distributors and clients
*Schedule subject to change. All exhibitors and attendees will be notified with schedule changes that affect them.
By registering for this event, you acknowledge and agree to comply with the terms and conditions outlined in the 2025 GCPPA Fall Expo Contract.
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10:00am-2:00pm - Show open to distributors and their clients
*Schedule subject to change. All attendees will be notified with schedule changes that affect them.
Set yourself up for success in the new year with a solid, doable plan that produces results. In this webinar, you’ll build a comprehensive seven-step marketing plan designed to help you stay competitive, generate new leads, and get the most value from your current clients.
Takeaways • Overview of the online marketing channels you can tap into to maximize your leads and sales. • Creating a playbook for implementation and success • Tools to streamline and automate marketing tasks and generate more sales
About the presenter: Gloria Lafont is a mother, grandmother, and entrepreneur. Throughout her business career, she has started, bought, lost, and sold a dozen businesses, including a distributorship, which she sold in 2015. She currently owns Action Marketing, a digital marketing agency founded in 2007, specializing in advanced digital marketing, including SEO and Online Advertising, to generate leads and increase sales for promo distributors. Gloria is a supporter of education and cultural arts, regularly volunteering her time and donating marketing support to help various organizations grow in membership and revenue. She enjoys family time, the beach, tech, and speaking engagements on topics of business growth and women's empowerment.
AI is no longer a futuristic tool, it’s here, and it’s revolutionizing how we create, market, and sell. Yet most professionals in the promotional products industry are barely scratching the surface of its potential. The secret to unlocking AI’s power lies in prompting, the art of asking the right questions, in the right way, to generate exceptional results. In this workshop, Cliff Quicksell, CSP, MAS+, MASI, will demystify prompt engineering and show you how to collaborate with AI as a true creative partner. You’ll leave with the knowledge, confidence, and actionable strategies to turn ChatGPT-5 into your competitive edge.
Five Key Takeaways:
1. The Formula for Exceptional Prompts - Discover the four-part formula: Clarity, Context, Constraints, and Iteration, that ensures every prompt you craft delivers useful, actionable, and high-impact results.
2. From Assistant to Collaborator - Learn how to treat ChatGPT-5 not as a task completer but as a creative teammate, capable of brainstorming, refining, and co-developing campaigns and strategies with you.
3. Crafting for Your Audience - Understand how to give AI the right context, audience demographics, tone, style, and desired outcomes, so your outputs are always client ready.
4. Practical Prompting in Action - See real-world promotional product scenarios, like campaign ideation, email drafting, packaging pitches, and ROI storytelling, transformed through effective prompting.
5. Building Your AI Toolkit - Walk away with a set of reusable prompts, techniques for refinement, and the mindset to continuously experiment, improve, and maximize your results with AI.
About the Presenter:
Cliff Quicksell, CSP, MAS+, MASI, is a seasoned expert with over 40 years in promotional marketing. As a highly regarded speaker, trainer, and consultant, he has spent 40 years helping associations and national business groups enhance their marketing strategies, improve team motivation, and drive business growth. Cliff is the President of Cliff Quicksell Associates.
9:30am - Board the Bus at Walmart Parking (Map It)
11-1pm - Lunch & Tour at BEL Promo (Map It)
2pm - Return to Walmart Parking
We’ll board a bus in Ft Lauderdale headed for BEL Promo’s 350,000 square foot facility, where you’ll see the industry’s largest selection of drinkware and watch how it’s imprinted and packaged for your customer. The tour’s not just limited to drinkware, you’ll also see imprinting methods for Cotton, Jute and Polypropylene Tote Bags, Backpacks, Plastic and Metal Pens, Key Chains, T-shirts and Casual Work Attire, Headwear, Notebooks and Portfolios, Stressballs, Mousepads, Glass Awards and More! This is an extraordinary opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at a company has been named in the ASI Power 50 for the last 5 years in a row and have been nominated as Distributor Choice Finalists in 8 categories: Caps and Hats, Drinkware, Mouse Pads, Pens and Shopping Bags to name a few.
Registration includes bus transportation, lunch, and tour.
Important: In an effort to conform with safety regulations ALL ATTENDEES must wear closed-toe shoes.
EVENT SPONSOR:
Gold Coast Promotional Products Association
t. 561-766-0877f. 931-695-5441